VietNamNet Bridge - The Swedish businesses coming to Vietnam in the second investment wave are focusing on consumer goods, according to analysts.

 A staggering number of Vietnamese people have the same family name - Nguyen (many Westerners pronounce this as Win to no complaints, so it’s a win-win situation).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has had its fair share of beauty contest controversies over the years, but the event’s popularity has never waned.

 All Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll stations across the country have to install a system for automatic collection of fees by 2019 to ensure transparency.

President Tran Dai Quang on November 12 chairs an official welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump, who is on a State visit to Vietnam on November 11-12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lack of nutrition among pregnant women and those breastfeeding their babies is common in Viet Nam, with deficiencies in zinc, folate, vitamin A and calcium, 

A young woman for the first time has been elected village chief of a Chut ethnic minority group, the highest honour in their society, in central Ha Tinh Province’s Huong Lien Commune.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, launched the Vietnam-Japan cultural space in Hoi An ancient town, the central province of Quang Nam, on November 11.

 Although Typhoon Damrey has been calm for a week, ten shipwrecks remain under the Quy Nhơn sea as ship owners struggle to rescue them.

 Autumn sunlight colours busy Phùng Hưng street in downtown Hà Nội, but the street also seems brighter these days as murals appear on boring stone vaulting.

Although access to credit is seen as a key factor in ending poverty, just 29 per cent or so rural households have received loans, a new report says.

 He repaired motorbikes, bought vegetables at the wholesale market and sold them in smaller markets, and did all kinds of jobs to make ends meet.

The north-south transportation route is expected to be overloaded by 2020 with 45.3 million passengers and 62.2 million tons of cargo per annum. Building a north-south highway is the solution Vietnam has chosen.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is leading a Government project on supporting a national innovative start-up eco-system. VNS speaks to Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.

 The retail industry has changed dramatically in the digital age where everything is connected, requiring retailers to continue to innovate to better serve customers’ diverse needs.

 HCM City’s visual arts culture in recent years has seen the opening of new contemporary art spaces, including The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre (FCAC), BLANC Art Space and Đông A Gallery.

Focusing on the heap of sand and rocks, the grey-haired man in a faded shirt took little rest as he worked to fill in a road pothole. Next to him was a tricycle carrying his supplies, lying beneath a board saying “Road under repair”.

 The current rat hunting season has offered a good chance for many farmers in Hanoi’s outlying district of Thach That to earn money.

 Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang underscored the need for APEC to affirm and uphold its leadership in seeking new drivers for growth.

 President Tran Dai Quang met on November 11 with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith.